Primary education pre-service teacher's opinions regarding to the use of alternative measurement evaluation methods and techniques in practice schools

Abstract

This study was designed on the basis of the opinion that pre-service teachers can reflect more objectively about to what extent alternative measurement-evaluation methods and techniques can be applied in the classrooms and the problems encountered in this process. In this study, the primary education pre-service teachers' opinions regarding to the use of alternative measurement- evaluation methods and techniques in the practice schools are defined based on their responses to the open-ended questions. One of the purposive sampling methods, criterion sampling method was used in this study. The data of this study was analyzed through descriptive analysis techniques as one of the qualitative analysis techniques. Consequently, it was found that both traditional and alternative measurement-evaluation methods and techniques are applied to a large extent in the classrooms. Furthermore, it was obtained that there are still problems encountered while applying alternative measurement-evaluation methods and techniques in the Primary schools. The pre-service teachers made some suggestions about how to apply alternative measurement-evaluation techniques effectively in the classrooms.